General Public Health at University of California - San Diego

If you plan to study general public health, take a look at what University of California - San Diego has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UCSD is located in La Jolla, California and has a total student population of 39,576.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Public Health section at the bottom of this page.

UCSD General Public Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Public Health
• Master’s Degree in General Public Health

UCSD General Public Health Rankings

The general public health major at UCSD is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Public Health. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

General Public Health Student Demographics at UCSD

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general public health majors at University of California - San Diego.

UCSD General Public Health Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of general public health bachelor's degrees went to men and 70% went to women. The typical general public health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at UCSD since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general public health bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - San Diego with a bachelor's in general public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	32
White	10
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UCSD General Public Health Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 19% of general public health master's degrees went to men and 81% went to women.

In the general public health master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 61% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - San Diego with a master's in general public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	10
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Behavioral Aspects of Health
• Community Health and Preventive Medicine
• Other Public Health
• International Public Health/International Health

Careers That General Public Health Grads May Go Into

A degree in general public health can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for University of California - San Diego.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Medical and Health Services Managers	34,510	$125,770
Health Specialties Professors	11,540	$161,770
Community Health Workers	6,160	$49,260

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Znode at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.